February 12, 2004
EISNER WAS AMBUSHED BY ROBERTS AFTER ESPN TALKS
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amTHE Comcast offer for Walt Disney Co. may have shocked Wall Street, but knowledgeable people in Hollywood weren't even surprised. Industry sources say Comcast has privately expressed a desire to...
NEWS CORP. POSTS 51% PROFIT GAIN
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amDouble-digit gains at Fox News Channel and in newspaper and book publishing helped boost News Corp. quarterly profit by 51 percent. The company said profits in the second fiscal quarter,...
SIMMONS MAKES PLANS FOR A PHATTER FARM HQ
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amFlush with cash from his $140 million sale to Kellwood last month, urban music and fashion master Russell Simmons is expanding his Phat Farm empire by 11,000 square feet. The...
HILTON OFFERS IBM KIOSKS FOR CHECK-IN
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amInstead of sending jobs offshore, American companies may just move them onto a computer chip. Slowly but surely, electronic kiosks are creeping into service industries, replacing desk clerks with touch-screen...
HARVEY TO TAP BANKER FOR DISNEY SCUFFLE
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amMiramax chief Harvey Weinstein is preparing to hire an investment banker to represent his movie studio's own interest in the looming takeover fight at Disney, The Post has learned. Comcast's...
-REVENGE FOR BURKE OVER ABC (M)-REVENGE IS SWEET FOR BURKE (S, LCF)
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amIf Comcast succeeds with its hostile takeover bid for Disney, it would mark the return of Comcast's Steve Burke to the company where he was once on the fast track....
2 MIDTOWN OFFICE BUILDINGS ARE SOLD
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amManhattan Tower, a 36-story tower on the northwest corner of 52nd Street and Lexington Avenue, was sold to a fund owned by Hines and Sumitomo Life Realty (NY) for less...
FCC SEEN EXEMPTING VOIP FROM RULES
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe Federal Communications Commission is expected to exempt voice-over-Internet providers from regulations and fees at its monthly meeting today. The decision will be a narrow one, affecting only companies that...
HOW COMCAST'S INTEREST TURNED INTO A HOSTILE BID
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amIt was at a half-day meeting the first week in January in a hotel suite in Philadelphia that Comcast hatched a plan to launch a takeover bid for Disney. At...
NEWSDAY BLASTS REPORT IT INFLATED CIRCULATION
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amNewsday bristled at claims that it falsely pumped up its circulation for nearly a decade, calling the lawsuit filed against the paper "without merit." Four Queens businesses brought the federal...
GATHERING MOSS - MILLER OUT AS BRUCE GETS TIMES VET FOR N.Y. MAG
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amLike a stealth bomber, Bruce Wasserstein dropped a big surprise on New York magazine yesterday, axing Caroline Miller and hiring Adam Moss away from The New York Times to be...
TIME WARNER MAY JOIN MOUSE HUNT
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amTime Warner is weighing a possible bid for Walt Disney Co. to counter Comcast's surprise hostile takeover offer for the beleaguered entertainment giant, The Post has learned. Time Warner, the...
WENDY GHOSTS NY MAG SCRIPT
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amPlaywright and author Wendy Wasserstein has no official role at New York Media Holdings. But the famed sister of new New York owner Bruce Wasserstein appears to be playing a...
BIG LAW FIRM HIT WITH SUIT OVER CUBA TRADE SCHEME
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amPark Avenue law firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius has been hit with a $40 million malpractice lawsuit for allegedly lying and concocting a Cuba trade cover-up for clients - who...
ALAN HAS BAD NEWS FOR BUSH
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amAlan Greenspan doesn't like to make waves, but he might be causing a few by his surprise break from the White House line on the economy. The nation's economic chief...
STARR REPORT
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amRyan express rolls You've got to be asking yourself when - if ever - Ryan Seacrest catches some shut-eye. Seacrest, who already hosts "American Idol" and "On Air with Ryan...
GAY CHANNEL READY
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amMTV Networks is stepping up the plans for a 24-hour network aimed at gays and lesbians. In development for more than two years, the channel, to be called Outlet, failed...
CLICK HERE FOR REALITY TV STARDOM
February 12, 2004 | 5:00am"CRAIGSLIST IS ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL AVENUES OF FINDING PEOPLE FOR OUR SHOW." PSSST, wanna be on a reality show? Craigslist.org, the biggest and best-known no-frills Web site used...
DEJÀ-NEW - FAMOUS FARRAH POSTER RECAST FOR TV MOVIE
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amCALL this young lady "Farrah False-ett." Her real name is Tricia Helfer and she is the actress who plays Farrah Fawcett in an upcoming TV movie on NBC, "Behind the...
NEWS ROSIER FOR 'GYPSY'
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amMOMMA'S not going down - at least, not yet. After announcing last week that "Gypsy" would fold at the end of the month, its producers yesterday gave the show a...
IF LOOKS COULD KILL - 'PERFECT HUSBAND' RECREATES REAL-LIFE HORROR
February 12, 2004 | 5:00am"The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story" [] Tomorrow night at 8 on USA ---IT IS A DRAMATIZATION OF EVENTS THAT DON'T PARTICULARLY NEED ANY DRAMATIZATION. DEAN Cain looks somewhat...
WOLFE'S AT THE DOOR
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amAFTER 11 rocky years at the helm of the Public Theater, George C. Wolfe yesterday told his staff he is giving up his position in the fall. Wolfe could not...
THE DREAM TEAM: A HOLLYWOOD WHO'S WHO JUMPS INTO 'OCEAN'S'
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amIT'S the ultimate Hollywood dream team. With the addition of Oscar-winning A-lister Catherine Zeta-Jones to a cast that already includes George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt, the marquee for...
BEAUTY FOR THE AGES: EVERYTHING GOES SWIMMINGLY FOR TIEGS AND BRINKLEY AT 50
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amWHEN Sport Illustrated readers saw Cheryl Tiegs on the cover of the mag's 1975 swimsuit issue, Gerald Ford was in the White House and people were dancing the Hustle. This...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe cups runneth over for a thief who shoplifted 150 bras from a Victoria's Secret boutique in Bellevue, Wash. The crook, who also swiped dozens of panties, could be hard...
POL RIPS MAYOR OVER 'SECRET' FLT. 587 MEMORIAL
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amU.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner is accusing Mayor Bloomberg of moving to establish a permanent memorial for the victims of the Flight 587 crash in the Rockaways without consulting victims' families....
HOW NOT TO PICKA U.S. PRESIDENT
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amIN the end, then, the Democratic race for president lasted barely three weeks once the actual voting began in the Iowa caucuses. And even then, some Democrats are complaining that...
L.I. BOOKKEEPER'S 80G 'SCAM'
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amA Long Island woman was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing $80,000 from the law firm where she was employed as a bookkeeper. Desiree Penalvert, 26, of 29th Street in Copiague,...
BUTT-HEADS DUDS IN BED: STUDY
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amMen who smoke may be kissing their sex lives goodbye, a devastating study concludes. The British Medical Association found that smoking damages almost every aspect of sexual and reproductive health...
$10 MIL ON HEAD OF BOMB MASTER
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. officials yesterday put a $10 million bounty on the head of one of Osama bin Laden's top aides, who's been linked to the bombings of Iraqi police...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * A 50-year-old city schoolteacher was arrested for assaulting a student in an East Village school yesterday, cops said. Schmuel Levit, who teaches at the Manhattan School for Career...
GROW WEST! - $3B HUDSON PLAN ADDS SUBWAY, PARK, BLVD.
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe city will spend $2.8 billion to develop the West Side, Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff announced yesterday as he unveiled a long-awaited plan for transforming the run-down Hudson rail yards...
YO, CHECK US OUT - PITCHING OUTER BOROS TO TOURISTS
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amForeign tourists will soon be reminded that New York City is more than just Manhattan. NYC & Co. - the city's official tourism agency - this afternoon will unveil a...
NOISE RULES TONED DOWN
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe Bloomberg administration is revising its plan to create a new nightlife license after a storm of criticism from bar owners who charge it could force them to shut down...
THE LAST SUPPER - GAGE & TOLLNER CLOSING IN B'KLYN
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amTurn out the gaslights, the party's over. Gage & Tollner - one of the oldest restaurants in the city and a Brooklyn landmark for 125 years - is going out...
QNS. BLVD. PEDESTRIANS WILL GET A 'DEATH' REPRIEVE
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe city is giving pedestrians an extra 30 seconds to dodge speeding cars and trucks along deadly Queens Boulevard. Traffic lights along a stretch of the so-called "Boulevard of Death"...
1971 COP KILLER LOSES PAROLE BID
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - Double cop-killer Herman Bell yesterday was denied his first attempt at parole. "It's a big relief because it takes a lot out of us," said Diane Piagentini, the...
TERRORIST WMDS TOP THREAT: W.
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush said yesterday the "greatest threat" to the world is a sudden strike with a nuclear bomb or another weapon of mass destruction, as he urged a...
'ANGELS' DRIVER IN TEARS: PAL
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe dump-truck driver who mowed down and killed two Brooklyn boys in a tragic accident this week is haunted by their deaths and can't stop crying, a neighbor told The...
POL: CATSKILL CASINOS A BETTOR WAY
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - An upstate lawmaker yesterday introduced a constitutional amendment that would legalize casinos in the Catskills and Buffalo. The proposed amendment from Sen. John Bonacic (R-Orange) would also allow...
DAY OF VIOLENCE AT CITY SCHOOLS
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amA 15-year-old pulled a loaded gun on another student in a Brooklyn high school yesterday and another 15-year-old slashed the face of her former pal in a Queens high school,...
COMCAST SETS $66B MOUSETRAP FOR DISNEY
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amMickey Mouse is under attack. Cable giant Comcast yesterday announced a blockbuster, 1980s-style, $66 billion hostile bid to buy The Walt Disney Co., essentially putting one of the country's most...
BROOKLYN JIHAD-$$ PROBE
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe feds suspect a Yemeni diplomat drummed up cash for terror groups during a visit to Brooklyn mosques in 1999, an FBI agent testified yesterday. The allegations against Sheik Abdullah...
BUBBA'S BAD BET ON WES SENDS WIFE DOWN-HILL
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amAS a political talent scout, Bill Clinton looks like a bit of a dud right now - and that's just one reason wife Hillary's presidential prospects suddenly look dimmer. No...
IVY LEAGUERS GO UNCOVERED
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amFaces at Harvard are turning crimson. The Ivy League university has sanctioned a student-run porn magazine featuring photos of nude undergrads and articles about sex. The magazine, called H Bomb,...
DEMS WARY OF CLASS HOLDBACKS
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg's controversial plan to hold back third-graders who do poorly on math or English exams has become a political hot potato for two Democratic potential rivals to his re-election...
QNS. PUPILS GET FLASHED
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amA pervert sitting in his car exposed himself to four female students at two Queens schools, police said yesterday. The unidentified man struck first around 8 a.m. when he was...
'KIDNAP' SPARKS 'AMBER' HUNT - DAD HELD AFTER TOT FOUND
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amA battered Florida mom, who fled her abusive husband with her young daughter and was hiding out in Queens, sparked a sweeping, Amber Alert manhunt yesterday after cops said the...
TRIAL BECOMES TINTED BY RACIAL UNDERTONES
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amTHIS wasn't billed as a trial about race - but it's there in the courtroom everyday, refusing to be ignored. Jayson Williams sat corpse-stiff as a black state trooper testified...
B'KLYN FINALLY SHOWS ITS TRUE COLORS IN BOROUGH HALL
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amIt's not just a bunch of "old white guys" at Brooklyn's Borough Hall any more. Making good on one of his most controversial campaign promises, Borough President Marty Markowitz is...
TRAGIC 1ST PAYDAY - SUBWAY TEEN TREATED HERSELF TO PHONE SHE TRIED TO SAVE
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe Queens teen who died trying to retrieve her cell phone from subway tracks was desperate to save it - because it was the first thing she bought with the...
'DR. FATKINS' LEAKER HAS STOUT DEFENSE
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe Nebraska doctor who leaked Dr. Robert Atkins' medical records said yesterday that the famed diet guru was a fair target because he hid his own health problems. Dr. Robert...
APPLE AIDS SHOCKER: HITS 3% OF MEN IN MANHATTAN
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amMore than 100,000 New Yorkers are living with AIDS or infected with the virus that causes it, a finding that experts warn could signal a resurgence of the deadly disease....
LAST-GASP DEFENSE - JAYSON TRIED TO 'REVIVE' DRIVER'S CORPSE, TROOPERTESTIFIES
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amSOMERVILLE, N.J. - Ex-NBA star Jayson Williams tried to resuscitate the limo driver he shot to death - although it was obvious the man was dead, a law-enforcement officer at...
TEACHERS HIT MIKE'S TOUGH BID
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg wants to dramatically redraw the teachers union contract to include salaries based on classroom performance, a streamlined process to get rid of incompetents, and unpaid suspensions for teachers...
TAXICAB RAMS TRAGIC GRANNY
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amA 90-year-old wheelchair-bound woman was critically injured when a yellow cab plowed into her as her attendant was pushing her across Park Avenue South to Union Square Park yesterday afternoon....
BEATEN BACANOVIC HAUNTED BY HIS OWN WORDS
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amMARTHA STEWART'S former high-living stockbroker looked tragically pale for a man who began his federal trial with a January tan. Sitting four seats from Martha, about the width of a...
KNIFE-WIELDING KID ALLOWED RIGHT BACK IN
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amA student busted for bringing a knife to a Queens high school was allowed to return to classes in the same building the next day, The Post has learned. That's...
MARTHA GETS WALLOPED BY TALE OF THE TAPE
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amJurors at the Martha Stewart trial yesterday listened to an explosive tape of stockbroker Peter Bacanovic's interview with the feds that revealed major cracks between his and the domestic diva's...
TAXI RAMS WHEELCHAIR GRANNY AT UNION SQ.
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amA 90-year-old woman in a wheelchair was critically injured when a yellow cab plowed into her as her attendant was pushing her across Park Avenue South to Union Square Park...
BAR RULES MUFFLED
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe Bloomberg administration is revising its plan to create a new nightlife license, after a storm of criticism from bar owners who charge it could force them to shut down...
GROCER GAL BAGS $1M IN LOTTO SPAT
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amA cashier at a New Jersey supermarket is now about $1 million richer after winning a legal battle for a share of a Big Game lottery jackpot of nearly $33...
DEMS WARY OF SCHOOL HOLDBACKS
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg's controversial plan to hold back third-graders who do poorly on math or English exams has become a political hot potato for potential rivals to his re-election bid next...
NIXED WTC MEMORIALS ONLINE
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe 5,200 Ground Zero memorial-design entries eliminated by a jury in favor of "Reflecting Absence" will be displayed on the Internet as early as next week. The 13-member memorial jury...
ROOF-SHOOT COP'S TEARFUL TESTIMONY
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe cop who fatally shot an unarmed Brooklyn teen on a rooftop last month offered 70 minutes of tearful and gripping testimony to a grand jury yesterday, sources told The...
CON ED FACING A $35M ZAPPING
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amCon Ed could be jolted with a $35.7 million fine for the death of an East Village dog walker electrocuted by a shoddily repaired utility box. The whopping possible penalty...
TERROR WMDS TOP THREAT: W.
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush said yesterday the "greatest threat" to the world is a sudden strike with a nuclear bomb or another weapon of mass destruction, as he urged a...
HALLS OF VIOLENCE - GUN TEEN NABBED, GIRL SLASHED, TEACHER HURT
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amA 15-year-old pulled a loaded gun on a fellow student in a Brooklyn high school and a teen slashed the face of her former pal in a Queens high school,...
SURFER GIRL'S ARMED & READY
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amTeen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her left arm in a shark attack last October, looks ready to hit the waves with her new prosthetic arm (right, in an upcoming...
STATE SLAMS ELDER HOME
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amState health officials blasted the Queens nursing home where an elderly woman froze to death on the roof, as the victim's angry relatives attended her funeral last night. The Department...
MSG BIGS EYED IN NO-SHOW-JOBS PROBE
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe World's Most Famous Arena was the site of a special matinee performance when state troopers probing labor racketeering allegations executed several search warrants at Madison Square Garden, sources told...
JOHN IN THE JANE GANG - KERRY AND FONDA PICTURED AT 1970 VIET RALLY
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amDemocratic front-runner John Kerry's past as an anti-Vietnam War activist came back to haunt him yesterday when a photo surfaced of Kerry with actress Jane Fonda at a 1970 protest...
WOMAN'S BODY FOUND AT B'KLYN WAREHOUSE
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amA woman's nude body was discovered yesterday in the loading area of a Brooklyn warehouse, cops and witnesses said. The woman, who appears to be in her 30s, was found...
HALLS OF VIOLENCE - KNIFE OUTRAGE, GUN KID BUSTED, GIRL SLASHED
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amA student busted for bringing a knife to a Queens high school was allowed to return to classes in the same building the next day, The Post has learned. That's...
KORS PELTS THE SVELTE DAMSELS CATWALKS GO FUZZY, FUR SURE
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amFUR, fur, everywhere! The fuzzy stuff's shown up in almost every show at New York Fashion Week this season - but never with the abundance that was on display yesterday....
CLASSROOM EXTRA: HE'S GOT YOUR BACK
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amWho's watching out for you? New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson, that's who. Read about the important job of this dynamic young leader. Classroom Extra chatted with city Comptroller Bill...
WOMAN COOKED BOOKS OUT OF 80K: COPS
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amA Long Island woman was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing $80,000 from the law firm where she was employed as a bookkeeper. Desiree Penalvert, 26, of 29th Street in Copiague,...
FLASHER HITS QNS. SCHOOLS
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amA sexual deviant sitting in his car exposed himself to four female students at two Queens schools, police said yesterday. The unidentified man struck first around 8 a.m. when he...
30 SECS. TO LIVE: LONGER 'WALK' SIGNS ON 'BLVD. OF DEATH'
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe city is giving pedestrians an extra 30 seconds to dodge speeding cars and trucks along deadly Queens Boulevard. Traffic lights along a stretch of the so-called "Boulevard of Death"...
SHOW BUZZ
February 12, 2004 | 5:00am"Saturday Night Live's" Jimmy Fallon had the crowd - and models - in stitches at yesterday's John Varvatos show. The funnyman was calling out his cell-phone number to passing models...
KORS PELTS THE SVELTE DAMSELS: CATWALKS GO FUZZY, FUR SURE
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amFUR, fur, everywhere! The fuzzy stuff's shown up in almost every show at New York Fashion Week this season - but never with the abundance that was on display yesterday....
$35M: PSC MAY ZAP CON ED WITH HUGE FINE IN JODIE'S DEATH
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amCon Ed could be jolted with a $35.7 million fine for the electrocution death of an East Village dog walker shocked by a shoddily repaired utility box. The whopping possible...
'ANGELS' DRIVER IN SECLUSION
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe dump-truck driver who mowed down and killed two Brooklyn boys in a tragic accident this week is haunted by their deaths and can't stop crying, a neighbor told The...
LAST-GASP DEFENSE: JAYSON TRIED TO 'REVIVE' DRIVER'S CORPSE, TROOPER TESTIFIES
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amSOMERVILLE, N.J. - Ex-NBA star Jayson Williams tried to resuscitate the limo driver he shot to death - although it was obvious the man was dead, a law-enforcement officer at...
JOHN IN THE JANE GANG: KERRY AND FONDA PICTURED AT 1970 VIET RALLY
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amDemocratic front-runner John Kerry's past as an anti-Vietnam War activist came back to haunt him yesterday when a photo surfaced of Kerry with actress Jane Fonda at a 1970 protest...
SHOCKEY'S KNEE DEBRIS CLEANED OUT
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amAfter waiting weeks and then months for his left knee to heal and not getting the results he wanted, Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey yesterday underwent arthroscopic surgery in Miami....
'BOARDER BAGS 5G 'GIFT'
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amMOUNTAIN Creek capped an all-star weekend last Sunday as the Expression Session closed the U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix with Nik Batko winning the rail stocked mini slopestyle. Batko celebrated his...
YANKS SEEKING SOME LEE-WAY
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amThe Yankees want free-agent first baseman Travis Lee for his outstanding defense and left-handed bat. However, they aren't yet prepared to meet agent Scott Boras' salary demands. With pitchers and...
METS CATCH UP WITH BOTTALICO
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amGrowing up in Newington, Conn., Ricky Bottalico wanted to be a catcher. Actually, he wanted to be like one catcher in particular. "I loved Thurman Munson," Bottalico said in a...
TRADE LEETCH TO DEVILS
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amBRIAN LEETCH has played in 98 of these matches between the Rangers and Devils, 79 in the regular season, 19 in the playoffs. If everything proceeds on schedule, he will...
KURT BUTTS OUT - THOMAS BANNED FOR ONE GAME AFTER DALLAS HEAD SHOT
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amNEW ORLEANS - Kurt Thomas got a head start on his All-Star Break yesterday as league disciplinarian Stu Jackson suspended Thomas for last night's game against the Hornets. Thomas was...
DEPLETED JOHNNIES HIT ROAD
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amMORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The St. John's basketball team - or what's left of it - could not have asked for a better setting this past Sunday. In its first game...
DERMARR GETS ANOTHER 10 DAYS
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amNEW ORLEANS - Lenny Wilkens said last night DerMarr Johnson will be signed to a second 10-day contract when his first one expires tomorrow. "You can't give up on him...
LEADOFF LAWRENCE DIDN'T WHIFF ONCE
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES CLEVELAND - OK, so he didn't make the high school basketball team. He never learned to swim. And he never really wowed 'em in track. So what was...
GRIPES FROM THE PIPES - DIPIETRO DUMPS RULE CHANGES
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amDALLAS - Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro said yesterday he doesn't like prospective rules changes that will limit the size of goaltenders' equipment and how they can play the puck. At...
BURN-ING QUESTIONS DEVILS MEET TO TALK ABOUT COACH
February 12, 2004 | 5:00am"The guys that are supposed to be doing certain things aren't. It's my job to find out [why]."PAT BURNS Sources told The Post the Devils called a players-only meeting yesterday...
DEKE BACK IN PLAY
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES NEW ORLEANS - Dikembe Mutombo was back in the starting lineup last night after receiving his first DNP Tuesday. Mutombo was benched the whole game vs. the Mavericks,...
GUTTY CANARSIE KEEPS PLAYOFF PLANS IN GEAR
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amCanarsie 58 - Gompers 46 Eugene Lawrence's departure to Lincoln in September could have ended Canarsie's season before it even began. "When I heard he was leaving, I knew it...
'DERBY FUTURE WAGER' AT THE GATE
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amAmong the 23 horses listed this year, trainer Nick Zito's Eurosilver is the 6-1 top choice on the morning line. Round 1 of the sixth annual Kentucky Derby Future Wager,...
SJU PREZ APOLOGIZES FOR REMARKS
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amMORGANTOWN - St. John's president, the Rev. Donald J. Harrington, met with student leaders at the Queens campus yesterday - a day after he sent an e-mail apologizing for remarks...
DOLAN: WE CAN WIN TITLE - THIS YEAR
February 12, 2004 | 5:00am"I'd like to see us go all the way. I think this team could." -JAMES DOLAN NEW ORLEANS - An excited James Dolan last night declared his Knicks capable of...
KURT HIT WITH BAN FOR BUTT
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES NEW ORLEANS - Kurt Thomas got a head start on his All-Star break yesterday as league disciplinarian Stu Jackson suspended Thomas for last night's loss to the Hornets....
DEPLETED STORM IS ROAD KILL
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amW. Va. 86 - St. John's 52 MORGANTOWN - This time there was no supportive home crowd for a depleted St. John's team. There was no pregame visit from the...
HOT FRANK'S ON ROLL - COACH TIES NBA MARK AS NET STREAK HITS 10
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amNets 105 - Cavaliers 85 CLEVELAND - Don't be too surprised if the Nets call the NBA and beg, plead and bribe the schedule guys to push back the All-Star...
KITTLES SIZZLES IN 3RD QUARTER
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES CLEVELAND - Kerry Kittles had the feeling before - back as a rookie when he scored 17 points in a game at Chicago. But even that took a...
LATE STARS' GOAL COSTS ISLES WIN
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amIslanders 4Stars 4 DALLAS - Not since Bonnie and Clyde went down in a hail of bullets has one gang been out-shot as badly as the Islanders were in the...
IT WAS JUST TOO GOOD TWO BE TRUE - KNICKS COME BACK TO REALITY WITH SECOND STRAIGHT LOSS
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amNEW ORLEANS - The Knicks proved they could win without Allan Houston. But they showed they can't win without Houston and Kurt Thomas. Knicks owner James Dolan, in attendance last...
RANGERS DUMP DEVILS
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amRangers 3 - Devils 1 This was one pivotal night. The desperate Rangers actually beat the despairing Devils. The Rangers' plight is obvious; they are still eight points out of...
BLUESHIRTS PLAY THEIR BEST - NEED REPEAT AGAINST FLYERS TONIGHT
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amIT was their finest hour of the season. Last night's 3-1 Rangers victory over the Devils at the Meadowlands was a win earned with determination and due diligence; by being...
FRANKS A LOT, GUYS: NETS COACH GIVES CREDIT TO PLAYERS FOR SHOT AT RECORD
February 12, 2004 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - The players seemed to want it more than the coach. Oh, coach Lawrence Frank wanted to enter the NBA record books against the Cavaliers here last night but...